Sunday, July 19, 2020

Captain Storm And Submarine Massacres

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A submarine massacre also figured in the comic book adventures of "Captain Storm",  whose crew was murdered by a Japanese submarine after it sank his torpedo boat.





While related to real life incidents*, Captain Storm's story also drew inspiration from the story of  "Moby Dick", with the submarine in place of the whale




Like Captain Ahab, Captain Storm loses a leg and carries on with an artificial leg as he seeks revenge on his foe. Unlike Captain Ahab, Captain Storm finally wins. I've seen this denied on some sites, but I also have the issue where Captain Storm finally kills the killer sub. I have no idea what the problem is, unless someone wanted to change the history of the character, something which fails to change the previous issues.


*There are records of Japanese submarines that murdered the survivors from ships they had sunk, something German submarines are also known to have done.


Moby Dick:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moby-Dick




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